WNT: Dutch Public Sector Top Income Standardization 2013-2015

Wet Normering Top Incomes (WNT) data from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations details remuneration exceeding standardized caps for top officials in public and semi-public sectors. The dataset aggregates 11 data sources covering designated and externally hired top officials, supervisory officers, and non-top officials for the years 2013, 2014, and 2015. It is published under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in excessive public sector remuneration based on reported salary data.
• Comparing compensation levels between designated and externally hired top officials.
• Monitoring compliance with the Top Income Standardisation Act (WNT) over time.
• Investigating the distribution of severance payments in the public sector.

Strengths

• Data covers three consecutive years (2013-2015), allowing for temporal analysis.
• Aggregates 11 distinct data sources for a multi-faceted view of the topic.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for unrestricted reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from mandatory disclosures under the Top Income Standardisation Act (WNT).

Time Range

2013-2015

Freshness

Data covers 2013-2015; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Netherlands